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  1. A Nice Game... on How About a Nice Game of Global Thermonuclear War? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Greetings, Professor Fuck-up.

  2. Re:Just so you know on Half-Terabyte Hard Drive Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Funny this story should show up just now. Trying to recover family pics and such from my father's hard drive.

    $100 to whoever can get me a working IBM Desktar 82.3gb drive, model IC35L080AVVA07-0. If you've got one, email me at john@johnperkins.com with the MLC number.

    Bios won't see it at all. Thought I might try swapping the bit of circuit board on the back of the drive. Hitachi tells me that, to do that, I have to have the exact same model with the same MLC number. We already priced serious data recovery places, all of whom are in the $500 to $1,500 range.

  3. Re:Reminds me of... on 6.8GHz 1TB RAM and 2TB HDD Laptop? · · Score: 1

    Tom Servo with a full-head cataract.

  4. Re:UIP? on New Method of Tracking UIP Hits? · · Score: 1

    International Union of Phlebology
    Paraguayan Industrial Union
    UCAR Intellectual Property
    Unintended Pregnancies
    Union Interparlementaire
    Universal Immunization Program
    University Interaction Program
    Update In Progress
    Urban Indicators Program
    Utility Interface Panel...

    ...and that's enough for now. Bedtime for John.

  5. Re:Want efficiency? on New Method of Tracking UIP Hits? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I had a history teacher back when I was in jr high school. She was barcoded, by the Nazis at a concentration camp.

  6. What if... on Firefox Hits 80,000,000 Downloads · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...someone who had a big pipe wanted to advance Firefox's position and set a script to download it over and over and over?

  7. Re:Gentlemen... on Do We Really Need Space Weapons? · · Score: 1

    The X-15 Cruise Basselope.

    In one of the not-sunday strips of Bloom County, a general comes to town and lectures Milo and I think Opus about what will happen if the russians have a basselope-based weapon system and the US doesn't. My apologies; I was unable to find a link for this particular strip.

    And, for those of you who want to undermine communism:

    The X-17 Stealth Basselope.

    Phase One: Cross into enemy territory virtually invisible to all hostile Soviet detection.
    Phase Two: Melt invisibly into modern Russian social scene.
    Phase Three: Distribute secret payload of Mickey Mouse caps, tickets to 'The Dating Game', Sharper Image catalogs, Haagen-Daas bars and colored Calvin Klein fashion briefs to unsuspecting Marxists.
    Phase Four: Sit back and watch Capitalism blossom faster than you can say 'Ivana Trump'.

  8. Gentlemen... on Do We Really Need Space Weapons? · · Score: 4, Funny

    We must develope this basselope-based weapons system. Rumors are that the russians have a basselope of their own. Do you know what that means, boy? A BASSELOPE GAP!!!

  9. It's Not Brain Drain... on Google and Yahoo Creating Brain Drain? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's just the free market economy at work. If someone else thinks Google and Yahoo are hiring too many of the best and brightest, then someone else needs to offer better pay, benefits, or working conditions.

  10. Re:The Perfect Drive... on Hitachi's 500GB SATA-II Reviewed · · Score: 1

    It's better than the approx 2,300 cds the collection is on now.

  11. The Perfect Drive... on Hitachi's 500GB SATA-II Reviewed · · Score: 1

    for my...friend's pr0n collection. Everything would fit within 3 of these drives.

  12. Re:That's what I was wondering! on V For Vendetta Trailer · · Score: 1

    Don't forget this series (or its sequel) has possible the best "Fifi Saves The Day" in all of TV.

  13. What about... on V For Vendetta Trailer · · Score: 1

    ...the lizard people?

  14. Re:Double Standard on GTA Sex Game Leads to ESRB Fracas · · Score: 1

    Found it! October 1992, page 16.

  15. Giant Laser Space Frisbees... on Tom's Looks at Two DARPA Grand Challengers · · Score: 1

    ...or a ring of dollar bills around the entire planet?

  16. Re:No Such Thing As Centrifugal Force on Conquering the LaGrange Points? · · Score: 1

    People typically think of centrifugal force as being that force which you feel pulling you outward as your travel in a circle. There is no such force. As you move about, say, an orbit, your momentum along a straight line tends to carry you out of orbit. The gravity of whatever you are orbiting is balanced such that it pulls you in just enough to keep you along the orbital path. So- your momentum, which is not a force acting on you, but a quality you already have, is causing you out to move out of orbit. Gravity is pulling you inward. What you experience and what people refer to as centrifugal force is that component of your momentum that is in the opposite direction of gravity.

    When you are in a centrifuge (ala the Spin Out ride at Magic Mountain) your momentum carries you, once again, along a tangent to your circular path. Your body wants to go in a straight line. The wall behind you, however, will not let you pass, and pushes on you with just enough force to keep you moving along your circular path. The force you feel as pulling you outward is, again, your reaction to that force (the wall pushing on you as opposed to gravity) pulling you inward to keep you on your circular path.

    The upshot is that, since there is no force pulling you outward, there is no centrifugal force.

  17. The Future Of NerdTV on NerdTV Coming in September · · Score: 4, Funny

    It will gradually build its own cast of ecclectic personalities, building a loyal fanbase. Eventually it will reach a critical point at which it starts to slide more into the mainstream. This of course will be its doom as actual nerds are replaced by increasingly bland and mediocre television personalities. Then end will come when that scion of drek, G4, buys NerdTV out.

    No, i'm not feeling hostile. Why do you ask?

  18. No Such Thing As Centrifugal Force on Conquering the LaGrange Points? · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is no such thing as centrifugal source. There is, however, centripetal force.

  19. Education Research Project, No Really! on Improving Education? · · Score: 1

    My name is John Perkins. I'm an actual, genuine education major, currently attending California Baptist University. I've got a survey where people comment about why their good teachers were good, their bad teachers were bad, classes were fun, classes sucked, etc.. I'd really appreciate it if any of you ladies and gentlemen would be willing to fill out my survey about your experiences in the classroom. I want to be able to say what makes a good and engaging teacher and what makes a boring teacher that no one listens to.

    I appreciate anyone's help.

    School Survey

    I know it's a link to my own site and I apologize for that. I figured, what with Slashdot and all, it would be a unique opportunity to get some great anecdotal data. Thanks everyone.

  20. Re:Double Standard on GTA Sex Game Leads to ESRB Fracas · · Score: 5, Funny

    There was a one-page scene in Mad Magazine, I think in the 90s.

    Movie production studio. Guy rushes into the boss's office: "Hey, RJ, I got the ratings people to give (movie) an R instead of an x!"

    RJ: "Great! How'd you do it?"

    Guy: "Remember that scene where Brad takes Michelle home and makes wild, passionate love to her?"

    RJ (looking excitied): "Boy, do I!"

    Guy: "I changed the script. Now he kills her!"

  21. Makes Sense... on Britain's First Jedi Member of Parliament · · Score: 1

    Italy has any number of porn stars in their parliament. We had Sonny Bono.

    Quote from the Bill The Cat For President campaign comes to mind..."This time, why not the worst?"

  22. Megan's Law on Slashback: Summer, Sail, Sex Offenders · · Score: 1

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  23. Sounds Familiar... on Unmanned Aircraft Clustered via Bluetooth · · Score: 1

    Didn't Doctor Doom do this in the Ultimate Fantastic Four, with little mechanical flying attack bugs? Issue 9 if i'm not mistaken...

  24. Cheaper. Faster. on Low-Cost Space Shuttle Replacement Proposed · · Score: 1

    Deader.

  25. What Is Thy Bidding... on Alienware's Star Wars PCs · · Score: 1

    Ya know...My Tandy Sensation used to boot to that question.